Job Title: Senior Project Manager
India Change is one of the unique cross functional, cross divisional and cross regional teams that works on transformation and change initiatives for Nomura Wholesale business units across the world. We are a fungible pool of professionals from diverse background who are key drivers of the firm’s priority projects and programs. We are keen to regularly invest in our team’s upskilling of capabilities.
As a Project Manager you are responsible for driving the connected stakeholder agenda, bringing the best capabilities for improving stakeholder experience and building and maintaining senior stakeholder relationships. We are looking for someone with strong work ethic to join a dynamic and fast-growing division, and who will play a key role in delivering firm critical projects.
Role description:
- Lead stakeholder engagements and work streams related to the specific program or portfolio in conjunction with the India Change values and principles.
- Provide oversight of highly skilled project resources and project deliverables throughout the project lifecycle and help ensure timely execution of project deliverables.
- Apply well developed consulting skills and in-depth industry and functional knowledge in the execution of assignments.
- Work with global stakeholders to build project pipeline and business case, setup project governance mechanisms, lead BA teams, own project success and deliver projects to implementation.
- Assist our stakeholder businesses with their tactical/ strategic solution requirements, services and/ or program.
- Work with Technology, Operations, Finance, and Front Office to identify and maximize opportunities that help in delivery of projects and to improve product, service and program business processes.
- Work with the team and train people on various subjects, structure the project governance model and work together with regional counterparts to devise induction framework for all the resources entering the project.
- Prepare project reports (weekly project update, monthly status update, highlighting risks, resource utilization, analyses trends, recommends adjustments that address or capitalize on these changes.)
- Manage end to end project Delivery (Ensure proper documentation, constantly identify, review and address risks & issues, manage user acceptance testing and obtain UAT sign-off, formal Project closure, handover and lessons learnt)
- Be a mentor to the team and constantly evaluate opportunities of learning/upskilling and lead/coach the team to fulfill any gaps.
Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:
- In depth practical experience in OTC products like Fixed Income, FX, Equities, etc. as a business analyst and/or a project manager
- Expect sound understanding of trade lifecycle, global regulations and trading/investment banking processes.
- CA / MBA from top Tier institutes / CFA / FRM and nice to have Prince 2 or equivalent PMI certification.
- Ability to operate in both agile and waterfall style project methodologies and understand deliverables required for each methodology.
- Experience in handling digital transformation/data analytics projects
- 5+ years investment banking/ BFSI experience
- Diligence and high-quality standards of documentation, processes and control environment.
- Experience in the full E2E systems delivery lifecycle (SDLC)
- Detailed knowledge of all Microsoft Office products, i.e. Word, Excel, Power Point, Project and Visio
- Excellent Communication, Organization and Documentation Skills
- Flexibility (Openness to Change) – adapts effectively to changing plans, domains and priorities; Is open and flexible when faced with changing project constraints.
- Deals comfortably with ambiguity – stays on target to complete goals regardless of obstacles or adverse circumstances.
- Rigorous follow ups on all commitments to achieve results.
Excellent and demonstrable understanding of “best practice” approaches to functional testing especially User Acceptance Testing.